"And here's Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a
few weeks ago."
- David Coleman.
"Once Tony Daley opens his legs you've got a problem."
- Howard Wilkinson.
"It's a great advantage to be able to hurdle with both legs."
- David Coleman.
"We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the
race, only exactly the opposite."
- Murray Walker.
After playing Cameroon in the 1990 world cup finals: "We didn't
underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought."
- Bobby Robson.
"And with an alphabetical irony, Nigeria follows New Zealand."
- David Coleman.
On the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and living in
Italy: "It was like being in a foreign country."
- Ian Rush.
"Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to
get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand."
- Ted Lowe.
"Ah... isn't that nice? The wife of the Cambridge president is kissing
the cox of the Oxford crew."
- Harry Carpenter.
Jimmy Hill: "Don't sit on the fence Terry. What chance do you
think Germany has of getting through?"
Terry Venables: "I think it's 50-50."
"Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally against the run of
play."
- Peter Lorenzo.
"We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they
equalised."
- Ian McNail.
"I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a
lifetime for that prat."
- Ron Atkinson.
"I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than
lost."
- Frank Bruno.
"Henry Horton's got a funny stance. It looks as if he's shitting on a
sooting stick."
- Brian Johnstone.
"There's going to be a real ding-dong when the bell goes."
- David Coleman.
"There is Brendan Foster, by himself, with 20,000 people."
- David Coleman.
"The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which
is identical."
- Murray Walker.
"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel."
- Stuart Pearce.
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
- Greg Norman.
"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them
serious."
- Alan Minter.
"Watch the time - it gives you an indication of how fast they're
running."
- Ron Pickering.
"Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansell. Call it 9.5 seconds in round
numbers."
- Murray Walker.
"Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like
Brazil than English sides like Wales."
- Ron Greenwood.
"A brain scan revealed that Andrew Caddick is not suffering from a
stress fracture of the shin."
- Jo Sheldon.
"The French are not normally a Nordic Skiing nation."
- Ron Pickering.
"That's inches away from being millimetre perfect."
- Ted Lowe.
"Bobby Gould thinks I'm trying to stab him in the back. In fact I'm
right behind him."
- Stuart Pearson.
"I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right."
- Marlon Starling.
"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same
thing again."
- Terry Venables.
On the boat race: "I can't tell who's leading - it's either Oxford or
Cambridge."
- John Snagge.
"The Queen's Park Oval, exactly as its name suggests - absolutely
round."
- Tony Crozier.
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